Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long [...]

My wife is a third generation medical professional. She’s a Registered Nurse on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to be exact. When you couple this with the fact that we speak TO our children rather than speaking down at them (do you have an owie?! Let me see that cutsy wutsy?) it creates some interesting [...]

(I thought I’d have a little fun with this one.)

Once there was a beautiful little girl who sat in a tall chair. She had reached an age of maturity where she could be introduced to a magical new morsel, the Golden Torus. Her parents placed offerings of the scrumptious toroids in front her. She would [...]

I have many childhood memories which don’t seem to make any sense, or seem like they might be pure fantasy. There is one in particular I would like to share with you. I promise, I’ll divulge the reason why later. I will also preface this with this little bit of information: If a day, [...]

“Dad, what’s a Dike!?”
My wife and I almost spewed dinner across from each other.
About 3 minutes later, while wiping the tears from my eyes, and through high pitched giggles and snorts(from me) I finally asked: “Why do you ask son?”

At this point I thought the worst and was expecting some story about a classmate who [...]

I have a curse. Many times when I hear a catchy tune it will be stuck in my noggin for days on end. Many folks that travel in and out of my circle take great joy in abusing this fact.
Today this song from Noggin seems to be on repeat. Well, at least for me. Maybe [...]

In my house we have a saying; “The only monster in this house is Daddy!” I created this little mnemonic to make sure my kids are not afraid of the darkness, or of things that go “bump” in the night.
I grew up in a country steeped in mysticism and legends of otherworldly beings. I have [...]

In church yesterday I watched as a father held his little girl in his arms. She was about five or six, and had her legs wrapped around his waist for support as she peered at the people towards the back of the church.
The service started and we all stood up. The little girl’s attention [...]